If you have ever been to a cross-country race with the Emerald Ridge High School team, of Puyallup, Washington, you may have witnessed their unique prerace ritual—line dancing to “Footloose.” It all ...

PUYALLUP, Wash. — Emerald Ridge's Jay Bates has been coaching cross country for five years. “There’s no timeouts in cross country. You can’t get to the point where you say, 'I need to rest for a ...